Man sentenced to 19 years for stabbing ex-partner to death in Porto
A court in Vila Nova de Gaia sentenced the defendant to 19 years imprisonment for the aggravated homicide of his ex-partner in November 2025. The Public Prosecutor's Office has appealed, seeking 25 years.
Defendant sentenced to 19 years for aggravated homicide at Praça da Corujeira
A man has been sentenced to 19 years imprisonment for killing his ex-partner with a knife in the city of Porto in November 2025, according to reports based on a statement from the Regional General Prosecutors' Office of Porto (PGRP). The Public Prosecutor's Office has appealed the judgement, requesting a sentence of 25 years.
The Judicial Court of the Porto District — Central Criminal Court of Vila Nova de Gaia — found the public accusation partially proven and sentenced the defendant for the crime of aggravated homicide.
Crime planned under family pretence
According to the PGRP, the court established that the defendant, already with the intention of killing the victim, contacted her by telephone to arrange a meeting in Porto, citing the need to settle details relating to their shared daughter.
"At 8:05 a.m., at Praça da Corujeira, armed with a knife he was carrying, he inflicted eight blows to the victim's body, six to the thorax, one to the right shoulder blade region and another to the left upper limb, thereby causing her death", according to the PGRP statement.
Attempted suicide following the crime
After the attack, the defendant ingested liquid from a bottle marked "bleach" and jumped from the viaduct at Rotunda das Areias in an attempt to take his own life. He was transported to São João Hospital, where he underwent surgical intervention to his lower limbs, and was subsequently transferred to São João de Deus Prison Hospital on 4 December 2025.
Additional penalties and compensation
As the defendant is a foreign national, and given his weak ties to Portugal, the gravity of the facts and his high degree of culpability, the court additionally imposed the supplementary penalty of expulsion from the country and a ban on entry into national territory for ten years.
The legal heirs of the victim are entitled to compensation of €60,000, to be paid by the convicted person.
Public Prosecutor's Office appeals for longer prison sentence
The Public Prosecutor's Office has appealed the judgement, seeking the application of a single sentence of 25 years imprisonment. The accusation also included a crime of possession of a prohibited weapon, of which the defendant was acquitted at first instance — a fact which the appeal also contests.
The judgement was delivered on 12 October and has not yet become final. The defendant remains subject to preventive detention.
Source: Observador